Improvement in folding wash benches or stands



M.. S. RAWSON. Fol-ding Wash Benches or Stands.

No. 2 2l,356. Patented Nov. 4, I879.

V/Tt ESSES- wt mw f I UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE MANLY s. RAWSON, onJAMAIoA, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING WASH BENCHES OR STANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,356, dated November4, 1879; application filed April 8, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MANLY S. RAwsoN, ofJamaica, in the county of Windham, in the State of Vermont, haveinvented an Improved Folding Wash Bench or Stand, of which the followingis a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a view of a foldingbench or stand embodying my invention, in which A is a block of Wood ormetal, upon the four vertical sides of which I fasten the bars or legs AA A A by means of the bolts B B B, so that the legs A A A A may turnloosely upon thebolts B B B and still be firmly fastened to the block A.The bolts B B B are inserted in the center of the sides of the block A,and in the same horizontal plane, and they also pass through the legsmidway between the sides, so as to allow the legs to turn ineitherdirection.

The inner corners of the legs A A A A are beveled as at a a a, so thatwhenever the stand is opened for use, as shown in Fig. 1, the beveledsurface of one leg will rest against the beveled surface of the nextadjoining, so that while each of the legs is firmly. held against theblock A the several legs are made to mutually support each other.

The upper and lower ends of the legs A A A A are beveled, as shown inthe drawings, to cause the upper and lower ends to present a horizontalsurface.

If the legs are turned in the opposite direction upon the bolts B B Bthe lower ends will then rest upon the surface 0 (J, thus making thestand higher. Upon the top I place a wash-tub or such other'article as Idesire to support.

When not in use I fold the legs together, thereby rendering the standcompact and portable.

I claim as my invention- The four legs A A having beveled inner corners,a a, and ends beveled at two different angles, as shown at O, incombination with the center block, A, and bolts B B, substantia-ll y asand for the purposes herein se'tforth.

MANLY S. RAY VSON.

Witnesses 0. 0. WHEELER, 0. B. WILLIAMs.

